Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:53:49 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants Message-ID: <4EB9508D.8090800@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKFHi=_W_sC-agEEpq%2Bco9MvvqBt1Ee3W8VEtL-sKwkYa-7yAg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKFHi=_W_sC-agEEpq%2Bco9MvvqBt1Ee3W8VEtL-sKwkYa-7yAg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/11/2011 19:47, Chris wrote: > I'm having difficulty copying a directory tree from my FreeBSD server to > USB storage. The problem is that the tree contains file and folder names > which have spaces, similar to the following: > > ./foo bar/some name.tar.gz > ./foo bar/child dir/some other name.tar.gz > > I've tried various combinations of cp with enclosing the top level > directory in quotations, along with other commands like tar or xargs to no > avail. The problem seems to be with creating the destination directories > and folders, where mkdir/cp terminates with an invalid argument response. > > Cleaning up the source filenames using something like detox isn't viable, > as the files are being served by transmission-daemon, and as such the names > must be preserved. Permissions are not an issue either, as the same > responses occur whether I use a standard or root account. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, since I'm pretty much out of them > at this point. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > %mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 mnt #USB external HD %ls mnt %cd ~/temp2 %find . . ./dir with spaces ./dir with spaces/file1 with spaces ./dir with spaces/file2 with spaces %find . -depth |cpio -pdmv ~/mnt /home/chrisw/mnt/./dir with spaces/file1 with spaces /home/chrisw/mnt/./dir with spaces/file2 with spaces /home/chrisw/mnt/./dir with spaces /home/chrisw/mnt/. 0 blocks %find ~/mnt /home/chrisw/mnt /home/chrisw/mnt/dir with spaces /home/chrisw/mnt/dir with spaces/file1 with spaces /home/chrisw/mnt/dir with spaces/file2 with spaces or have I missed something? Chris
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